BMR loc. 640, Mt Murray, Georgina basin: Templetonian, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Helcionelloida
- Helcionellida
- Stenothecidae
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Mellopegma georginensis
Runnegar and Jell 1976
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abundant category | |||||||||
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Bradoriida
- Bradoriidae
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Bradoria sp.
Mathew 1899
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Bradoriida
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Monasterium oepiki
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300 specimens | |||||||||
| many 1000 specimens, of which 300 were picked, 8 or 9 growth stages | ||||||||||
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Monasterium dorium
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Bradoriida
- Indianidae
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? Indiana sipa
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50 specimens | |||||||||
| classification unclear (incertae familiae), as material from the family Indianidae wasn't available, authors belive it represents a new species | ||||||||||
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? Mononotella sestina
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11 specimens | |||||||||
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? Dielymella dubia n. sp.
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48 specimens | |||||||||
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Bradoriida
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Zepaera rete
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130 specimens | |||||||||
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Ostracoda
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Svealuta informal sp. A
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| 3 consecutive moult stages, 2 specimens from L113 | ||||||||||
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? Aristaluta informal sp. A
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Flemingia duo n. gen., n. sp.
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45 specimens | |||||||||
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Eocrinoidea
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Eocrinoidea indet.
Jaekel 1918
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| possible calyx plates | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | Queensland |
| Coordinates: | 21.8° South, 140.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.6° North, 168.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Miaolingian |
| Stage: | Wuliuan | 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 3 |
| Key time interval: | Templetonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 507.80000 - 504.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Beetle Creek | Member: | Monastery Creek Phosphorite | ||
| Local section: | Duchess Embayment | Local bed: | D640 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Ptychagnostus gibbus zone; Paradoxides paradoxissimus Stage (Swedish) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified phosphorite |
| Lithology description: sediments are 'bahamites'; bedding thickness in phosphorites ranged from laminations to about 6 mm. Laminae and interbed surfaces are gently wavy, indicating slight bottom current activity. | |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
| Geology comments: intacratonic basin; locality D640 represents the quieter inner margins of an ancient Bahama Banks type environment | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
| Articulated whole bodies: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | acetic,field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Rock censused: | 2 kg |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: CPC Commonwealth Palaeontological Collection, housed in the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Canberra | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Queensland Museum locality L113 | ||
| Database number: | 70046 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | T. Schossleitner |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate,micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2007-03-15 03:06:34 | Last modified: | 2018-11-18 12:04:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-15 03:06:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23515. | P. J. Jones and K. G. McKenzie. 1980. Queensland Middle Cambrian Bradoriida (Crustacea): new taxa, palaeobiogeography and biological affinities. Alcheringa 4(3):203-225 [W. Kiessling/T. Schossleitner] |